A workshop on new techniques under the Consortium for Unfavourable Rice Environments (CURE) was held in Can Tho city on January 30, highlighting the need to turn challenges into opportunities for Mekong Delta agriculture.

Vietnam's animal husbandry industry is expected to face serious
challenges under new and future Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) because of
low productivity, high production costs and small scale of production.

Vietnam spent billions of dollars each year on importing animal feed,
nearly 40 percent of which came from China, head of the Ministry of
Agriculture and Rural Development's Husbandry Department Hoang Thanh Van
said at a conference late August.

Hoang Thanh Van from the Department of Agriculture and Rural
Development, spoke to Tin Tuc (News) newspaper of Vietnam News Agency
(VNA) about the country's plans to improve its livestock sector before
free trade agreements take effect next year.

Laos ’ Champasak Province has awarded the Labour Order, third
class, to Binh Dinh province’s Department of Agriculture and Rural
Development for its contributions to boosting the two countries’
relations.